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Recent Examples of stiffness
Some cases result in incomplete recovery, joint stiffness, or an arthritic toe.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
It is recommended for people with recent injuries, people suffering from pain and stiffness and for anyone who needs stress relief.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2025
Using cutting-edge metals for enhanced stiffness and heat dissipation, this most recent version represents a significant generational change.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
That can lead to stiffness and pain, alongside misalignment that can trigger other muscles to overcompensate.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 11 Sep. 2025
Short-term symptoms include high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, the agency reports.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
New & Noteworthy ACE Flex Comfort Compression Knee Sleeves provide compression to help relieve muscle and joint stiffness, soreness and swelling, and are recommended for mild arthritis, sprains and strains.
—Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent studies suggest that competing on surfaces with unfamiliar mechanical properties – such as stiffness and elasticity – can accelerate neuromuscular fatigue.
—Michael Hales, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
High fever, stomachaches, diarrhea, stiffness and muscle aches often accompany listeria.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
It is recommended for people with recent injuries, people suffering from pain and stiffness and for anyone who needs stress relief.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2025
Using cutting-edge metals for enhanced stiffness and heat dissipation, this most recent version represents a significant generational change.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
That can lead to stiffness and pain, alongside misalignment that can trigger other muscles to overcompensate.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 11 Sep. 2025
Short-term symptoms include high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, the agency reports.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
New & Noteworthy ACE Flex Comfort Compression Knee Sleeves provide compression to help relieve muscle and joint stiffness, soreness and swelling, and are recommended for mild arthritis, sprains and strains.
—Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent studies suggest that competing on surfaces with unfamiliar mechanical properties – such as stiffness and elasticity – can accelerate neuromuscular fatigue.
—Michael Hales, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
High fever, stomachaches, diarrhea, stiffness and muscle aches often accompany listeria.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stiffness
Noun
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Our lives are a tenuous balance between living in the world—embracing it—and living in fear of its lethality and indifference.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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Many of the deaths were preventable and due to a combination of staff incompetence and cruel indifference.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Whatever the reason, Maxwell’s strength and the shark’s apparent unconcern put one of Maxwell’s friends in danger.—
Donald Millus,
Outdoor Life,
3 July 2025
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But the other pole, blithe unconcern, carries its own dangers.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
Noun
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The water’s mineral content and its softness or hardness comes into play with the fermenting process, Martin said.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Sep. 2025
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Its resistance to denting, measured by the Janka hardness scale, is about three to 10 times higher than common woods.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Reached by phone, the father comes off as a cold, uncaring man, and Pacino portrays him with chilling aloofness.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
2 Sep. 2025
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In its breadth and aloofness, Death to Order feels like a distant cousin of Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y, Johan Grimonprez’s cavorting 1997 documentary about airliner hijackings.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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His static, often distant camera has a trace of coldness to it too.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
16 Sep. 2025
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Birkin adored the baby but was tortured by her husband’s coldness.—
Anahid Nersessian,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Stiffness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stiffness. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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